The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet long used to treat refractory epilepsy; ketogenesis (ketone body formation) is a physiological phenomenon also observed in patients following lowcarbohydrate, low-calorie diets prescribed for rapid weight loss. We report the case of a pair of twin sisters, whose high-frequency migraine improved during a ketogenic diet they followed in order to lose weight. The observed time-lock between ketogenesis and migraine improvement provides some insight into how ketones act to improve migraine.
Diet transiently improves migraine in two twin sisters: Possible role of ketogenesis? / DI LORENZO, Cherubino; Curra', Antonio; A., Curra; G., Sirianni; Coppola, Gianluca; Bracaglia, Martina; Cardillo, Alessandra; A., De Nardis; L., De Nardis; Pierelli, Francesco. - In: FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 0393-5264. - STAMPA. - 28:4(2013), pp. 305-308. [10.11138/fneur/2013.28.4.305]
Diet transiently improves migraine in two twin sisters: Possible role of ketogenesis?
DI LORENZO, CHERUBINO;CURRA', antonio;COPPOLA, GIANLUCA;BRACAGLIA, MARTINA;CARDILLO, ALESSANDRA;PIERELLI, Francesco
2013
Abstract
The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet long used to treat refractory epilepsy; ketogenesis (ketone body formation) is a physiological phenomenon also observed in patients following lowcarbohydrate, low-calorie diets prescribed for rapid weight loss. We report the case of a pair of twin sisters, whose high-frequency migraine improved during a ketogenic diet they followed in order to lose weight. The observed time-lock between ketogenesis and migraine improvement provides some insight into how ketones act to improve migraine.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
